Entry rules and visas by country
Choose a country for visas, entry documents, stay limits, border crossings, and travel by car or with pets. The directory lists countries with published guides.
Visa-free countriesCountries: 197
Afghanistan 
Albania 
Algeria 
Andorra 
Angola 
Antigua and Barbuda 
Argentina 
Armenia
No visa for most travellers. By law (Article 7 of the RA Law on Foreigners No. ZR-47) citizens of visa-exempt countries may stay in Armenia for no more than 180 days within one year. Everyone else applies for an e-visa at evisa.mfa.am.
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Australia 
Austria
Austria has eight neighbours, and all of them are in Schengen: Germany, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
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Azerbaijan
All the land border crossings are closed. The quarantine regime has been in force since March 2020 and is extended time after time. The crossings with Russia (including Samur - Yarag-Kazmalyar), with Georgia (Red Bridge, Lagodekhi, Vakhtangisi) and with Iran are closed.
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Bahamas 
Bahrain 
Bangladesh 
Barbados 
Belarus 
Belgium
Belgium has four neighbours — the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France, all of them inside the Schengen area.
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Belize 
Benin 
Bhutan 
Bolivia 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina's land border crossings, neighbour by neighbour:
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Botswana 
Brazil 
Brunei
Brunei has a single land neighbour, Malaysia, but the border with it is arranged unusually.
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Bulgaria
Since 1 January 2025 control on the land borders has been lifted — Bulgaria has joined Schengen in full.
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Burkina Faso 
Burundi 
Cambodia 
Cameroon 
Canada
Canada has a single land neighbour, the United States, and the border between them is the longest in the world.
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Cape Verde 
Central African Republic
The Central African Republic's land border crossings, neighbour by neighbour:
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Chad 
Chile 
China 
Colombia 
Comoros
The Comoros has no land borders - it is a group of islands in the Mozambique Channel.
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Congo 
Costa Rica
Costa Rica's land border crossings, listed by the neighbours it shares a border with:
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Côte d'Ivoire 
Croatia
With Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro the borders are external ones for Schengen and control is full. The main crossings are Slavonski Brod and Backo Novo Selo on the Serbian route, Klek and Zatocac on the Bosnian one.
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Cuba
Cuba is an island and has no land borders with other states. All entry is by air and by sea.
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Cyprus 
Czech Republic
All four of Czechia's neighbours are in Schengen: Germany, Austria, Poland and Slovakia.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
DR Congo's land border crossings, neighbour by neighbour:
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Denmark
Denmark has one land neighbour — Germany, the border is inside Schengen, but Denmark periodically introduces spot checks on it.
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Djibouti 
Dominica 
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic's land border crossings, listed by the neighbours it shares a border with:
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Ecuador 
Egypt 
El Salvador
El Salvador's land border crossings, listed by the neighbours it shares a border with:
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Equatorial Guinea 
Eritrea 
Estonia
The main crossing with Russia is Narva. The Narva-1 pedestrian crossing point has been working from 07:00 to 19:00 since 15 June, although it used to be open until 23:00.
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Eswatini 
Ethiopia 
Fiji 
Finland
The land border with Russia is closed. None of the road crossing points on the Russian side are working, and this has been the situation for several years now.
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France
France's land neighbours in Europe: Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Andorra and Monaco - all of them inside the Schengen area or linked to it.
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Gabon 
Gambia
The Gambia has a single land neighbour — Senegal, which surrounds it on all sides except the coast.
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Georgia
Most people need no visa. Citizens of 94 countries enter Georgia without one. The list is set by Government Ordinance No. 255 of 5 June 2015, current version dated 24 February 2026. Note the number: almost every article online still says 98 countries — they simply missed the latest amendment.
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Germany
All nine of Germany's land neighbours are in the Schengen area: Poland, Czechia, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark.
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Ghana 
Greece 
Grenada 
Guatemala 
Guinea 
Guinea-Bissau 
Guyana 
Haiti
There is only one land neighbour, the Dominican Republic, with which Haiti shares the island of Hispaniola.
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Honduras 
Hong Kong SAR China
Hong Kong has a single land border — with mainland China, and it is a full border, with immigration control on both sides.
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Hungary
Hungary's land border crossings, listed by the neighbours it shares a border with:
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Iceland 
India 
Indonesia 
Iran 
Iraq 
Ireland
There is a single land border - with Northern Ireland, that is, with the United Kingdom.
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Israel 
Italy
Italy's land neighbours: France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia - all of them in the Schengen area.
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Jamaica 
Japan 
Jordan 
Kazakhstan 
Kenya 
Kiribati 
Kosovo 
Kuwait 
Kyrgyzstan 
Laos 
Latvia 
Lebanon 
Lesotho 
Liberia 
Libya 
Liechtenstein
There are two neighbours - Switzerland and Austria, and both borders are inside the Schengen area.
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Lithuania
With the Kaliningrad region the Kybartai - Chernyshevskoye and Panemune - Sovetsk crossings are open.
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Luxembourg
There are three neighbours - Belgium, Germany and France, all inside the Schengen area: there is no permanent control.
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Madagascar 
Malawi 
Malaysia 
Maldives
The Maldives has no land borders - it is an archipelago of almost two thousand islands.
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Mali 
Malta 
Marshall Islands 
Mauritania 
Mauritius 
Mexico 
Micronesia 
Moldova 
Monaco
There is one land neighbour, France, and it surrounds the principality on every side except the sea.
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Mongolia 
Montenegro 
Morocco 
Mozambique 
Myanmar 
Namibia 
Nauru 
Nepal 
Netherlands
The Netherlands has two land neighbours, Germany and Belgium, and both borders are inside the Schengen area: there is no permanent control.
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New Zealand 
Nicaragua 
Niger 
Nigeria 
North Korea 
North Macedonia 
Norway
With Russia there is a single crossing, Borisoglebsk — Storskog in Murmansk region. It works, but since May 2024 Russian tourists have not been let through it: a valid reason is needed.
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Oman 
Pakistan
Pakistan's land border crossings, listed by the neighbours it shares a border with:
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Palau 
Palestinian Territories
Palestine has no international borders of its own — every way in is controlled by Israel or by Egypt.
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Panama 
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea's land border crossings, listed by the neighbours it borders:
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Paraguay 
Peru 
Philippines
No visa for a short trip. US, UK, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and most EU passport holders enter visa-free for 30 days.
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Poland
Two road crossings operate with Kaliningrad region: Mamonovo-2 — Grzechotki and Bagrationovsk — Bezledy.
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Portugal
Portugal has one land neighbour, Spain, and the border between them is inside Schengen: there is no permanent control.
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Qatar 
Romania
Control on the land borders was lifted on 1 January 2025 — Romania joined Schengen in full under the EU Council decision of 12 December 2024.
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Russia
Being on the checkpoint list does not mean the crossing works. Russia designates a separate list of points where the unified e-visa is accepted, and several of them sit on borders that are shut.
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Rwanda 
Saint Kitts and Nevis 
Saint Lucia 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 
Samoa 
San Marino 
São Tomé and Príncipe
The country has no land borders — these are islands in the Gulf of Guinea.
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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's land border crossings, listed by the neighbours it shares a border with:
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Senegal 
Serbia 
Seychelles 
Sierra Leone 
Singapore 
Slovakia
With Czechia, Poland, Hungary and Austria the borders are internal ones inside the Schengen area.
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Slovenia
With Croatia, Italy, Austria and Hungary the borders are internal ones inside the Schengen area.
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Solomon Islands 
Somalia 
South Africa 
South Korea
South Korea's only land neighbour is North Korea, and the border with it is closed. The demilitarised zone is not a border crossing, and it cannot be crossed as a tourist.
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South Sudan 
Spain 
Sri Lanka 
Sudan 
Suriname 
Sweden
The land neighbours are Norway and Finland, and both borders are internal ones inside the Schengen area. The main routes are Svinesund towards Norway and Haparanda - Tornio towards Finland.
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Switzerland
Switzerland has five neighbours - Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein, and all the borders are internal ones inside the Schengen area.
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Syria 
Tajikistan
Tajikistan's land border crossings, listed by the neighbours it shares a border with:
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Tanzania 
Thailand
Thailand's land border crossings, listed by the neighbours it shares a border with:
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Timor-Leste
There is only one land neighbour, Indonesia, with which the country shares the island of Timor.
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Togo 
Tonga 
Trinidad and Tobago 
Tunisia 
Turkey 
Turkmenistan 
Tuvalu 
Uganda 
Ukraine 
United Arab Emirates 
United Kingdom
The country has a single land border - between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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United States 
Uruguay 
Uzbekistan 
Vanuatu 
Vatican City
There is one land neighbour - Italy, or more precisely the city of Rome itself, which surrounds the state completely.
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Venezuela 
Vietnam 
Yemen 
Zambia 
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's land border crossings, listed by the neighbours it shares a border with:
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